up a stump

Prepositional phrase

informal

(informal) At a loss, puzzled, in a bind.

Japanese Meaning

困惑している、どう対処すべきか分からずに立ち往生している状態 / 途方に暮れている、手詰まりの状態

What is this buttons?

When the software crashed during the demo, the team was up a stump about how to recover.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

デモ中にソフトがクラッシュしたとき、チームはどう回復すればいいか途方に暮れていた。

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Sense（1）

(informal) At a loss, puzzled, in a bind.

GEO. Why it's got to. Suppose we wandered out of it and took a chance at the language on our own responsibility, where the nation would we be? Up a stump, that's where. Our only safety is in sticking like wax to the text.

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